2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
Who to trust now? After we revealed to you a few days ago how a team of scientists from the University of Rhode Island categorically announced that sugar-free chewing gum makes you lose weight, their colleagues from Edinburgh supported the opposite theory.
The theory of the first team from the United States is: chewing stimulates the nerves and muscles of the jaw and in turn sends signals to the part of the brain that is responsible for appetite and satiety. Chewing for about 15 minutes a day can burn over 50 calories.
However, according to Scottish scientists, chewing can lead to weight gain. They published the results of their research in the February issue of the British Medical Journal.
According to them, the culprit for the accumulation of fat from chewing gum is aspartame, which is contained in them. Aspartame is added as a sugar substitute.
Chewing gum last year affected 215 women and 56 men. They used the strips several times a day. In general, they consume 180 to 230 pieces of chewing gum per month.
Eventually, just 6 months after they started overeating with aspartame, they developed weight problems. And 48 people developed stomach problems and, in particular, developed acute gastritis.
And one chewing gum contains about 2 grams of sweetener, which according to doctors increases body fat by 40% more than regular sugar.
Therefore, experts believe that you should limit the use of chewing gum with aspartame to 1 per day so as not to cause obesity.
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